Doo Wopp, this Old School Merc Lead Sled will certainly
take you back in time. Plenty of provenance and
attention comes with this ride. The same owner for 25+
years, its timeless style has been idolized on numerous
Kendall Motor Oil "Kendall Classics" promotional
materials, music cassettes, "4 on the Floor & Gold
for the Road Hot Rod
Hits" Music CD's and feature car for Mearles Drive-In of
Visalia, Ca. We think you get it, this car has the
look. Let's do some tail draggin...
Let start with the sooper
slick body, customized many years ago with great
character, this beauty still stands tall and attracts
attention everywhere it goes. Sassy, custom
modifications to these cars are not easy, can take
countless hours to perform and is quickly becoming a
lost art. The lid has been chopped 4" inches and laid
back perfectly while the rest of the body received frenched headlights/tail-lights/antenna, shaved door
handles w/electric poppers, nosed/decked, rounded hood
corners w/louvers, custom grill opening
w/1953 Desoto Grill, custom rear fender skirts and
bullet sombrero style caps. Appropriately dressed in a Hot Red exterior, Yellow old
school flames flowing under hood and custom period pinstriping This Lead Sled is California Old School Kool...
Under the hood resides a
well built 327 V8 equipped with chrome Edelbrock high
rise intake manifold & 4bbl carburetor, polished finned
engine dress, chrome alternator & pulleys, polished
brass radiator tank, electric cooling fan, chrome core
support, matching under hood flames, turbo 400 automatic
transmission, Nova rear differential and ram horn
exhaust manifolds w/custom dual exhaust. Dropping it about 5"
and rounding out the package its air bagged up front,
IFS Mustang II front suspension w/tubular control arms &
front disc brakes, lowering blocks w/air shocks out back
and rolling on steel wheels w/wide white radials... Yes
sir, she drops low for show ;-)...
Moving inside, the
customized interior features tucked/pleated White
Naugahyde with Red piping wrapped over the armrest
equipped front seat, door panels, kick panels, rear
seat, headliner and trunk. Retaining the beautiful
factory dash trim other features include tilt steering
column, white 70's style steering wheel, Autometer
instrumentation, power windows, in-dash JVC audio,
Gennie high boy shifter w/Eight Ball knob and custom
dash graphics document its history. |
